Oenomaus myrteana
| Oenomaus myrteana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Oenomaus |
| Species: | O. myrteana |
| Binomial name | |
| Oenomaus myrteana Busby, Robbins & Faynel, 2012 | |
Oenomaus myrteana is a species of butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It occurs in lowland wet forest from eastern Ecuador to western Brazil (Rondônia).[1]
The length of the forewings is 12.8 mm for males and 12.1 mm for females.
Etymology
The name of the species refers to the striking resemblance between the ventral hindwing of this species and that of Enos myrtea.
References
- ↑ Faynel, C.; Busby, R. C.; Robbins, R. (2012). "Review of the species level taxonomy of the neotropical butterfly genus Oenomaus (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini)". ZooKeys 222 (222): 11–45. doi:10.3897/zookeys.222.3375. PMC 3459029. PMID 23129985.
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